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Woman as Artist
I've been working on another site with my ninetofiver, and I wanted to share the work of one fabulous photographer with you all:Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir.Her work is phenomenal, and her process is...
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Strong and Beautiful (and Exploited?): Female Athletes on Magazine Covers
This post, from one of my favorite websites (www.adventure-journal.com), unwittingly became a kind of lighting rod for a discussion on whether female athletes/models are being used for their looks to...
View ArticleJust in Time for Winter.
I have the BIGGEST crush on this chick. She NEEDS to be a writer for SNL, because that would make it great again, but for now, she is just AWESOME in her own right. Awesome awesome awesome.
View ArticleEff Bomb Fridays: Florence and The Fu*king Machine
Florence and The Machine, The Dog Days Are OverHell yes they are, Flo.Happy Fucking Friday, Boovers!!!
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Monster Named Boo
Today I am the monster. I guess I know what triggered it, and so far, it hasn't been pretty. I would like to think that everyone human being goes through this—we all experience the monster rising from...
View ArticleTSA Scanners, Privacy Infringement, and Physical Abuse
Breast twisting?? Handcuffs?? Ripping apart a plane ticket?? Treating American citizens WORSE than suspected terrorists???? Listen to this radio broadcast from FreeTalkLive.com. This young woman's...
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One for the Ladies: Amber Heard is the Hottest Lesbian in Tinseltown
Amber Heard has been out for a while, but I guess we are all just now finding out. Why is this "newsworthy"? Because apparently it's big news when a beautiful woman who doesn't sport a mullet is a...
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Boo's Top Five: Fabulous Female TV Characters
5. Laurie Keller, CougartownAt first glance, Laurie is everything that I despise about TV females: insipid, focused on looks, bimbo-ish. But she has LAYERS, man. She has fears and issues that I think a...
View ArticleTMI Time: Tampons.
Reddit makes me laugh. A lot. I mean, nowhere else can you get all of the fuckery of the internet in one easy, badly designed place. Don't get me wrong, I do love me some sub-reddits. My favorite right...
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Self-Protection Mode: People Pleaser/Hand Biter
I've come to discover two things about how I interact with people; two extremes that I sometimes find myself operating from. They both come from the same source, the same motivation—self-protection—but...
View ArticleThe Blogging Conundrum
When I first started this blog, it was totally anonymous. No one knew who Girl Named Boo was. I slowly began introducing my "real life" friends to the blog, and even when I knew my real life people...
View ArticleJust a 3/4 thought
Just 3/4 in to a bottle of wineI'm fineI'm fineAnd I'll know more about itin the morningJust 3/4 in to a life of timeI'm fine I'm fineAnd I'll know more about itin the mourning
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Iron Heart
What is it that makes it possible for people to open their heart, again and again, in spite of experiencing heartbreak and pain? When we are small, we learn that hot things will burn, and for the most...
View ArticleOperation: Combating Bitterness
Today's exercise for combating bitterness is: making up new insults. Just off the top of my head:slut trumpetbone slapperpoo poo plattershit munchass flapcarnie lickerscrum pickleChildish? Yes. Time...
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GIRLS.LOVE me some Beyonce, but YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES ALLLLL over this. NineteenPercent: be my besty.h/t Mary!
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Hot. Seriously Hot.
Yo betches. I know it's been a while, and that's just how I roll. But there are some updates and thangs you should know about!I'm contributing to a review site called Hot Ink. You should come give us a...
View ArticleFeminist Quote of the Day
"I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the...
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